Hallo Experten,
folgend eine bescheidene Text-Analyse, die bestimmt noch den ein oder anderen Grammatikfehler oder zumindest Ungereimtheiten in sich birgt. Es wäre schön wenn jemand diese Fehler finden würden!
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Mr Whitson has a very special teaching method: He invents unrealistic animals that never actually existed and according to him had been wiped out. One such animal he made up is the “cattywampus”. He explained his pupils whilst he was passing around the animal’s skull, that no trace of the animal remained. The pupils of Mr. Whitson’s science course took notes and afterwards took a quiz. All the pupils in the class failed, because they wrote things about an animal which never existed. Mr Whitson’s aim was to educate sceptical pupils.
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Mr. Whitson’s method might appear unfair, but it is an efficient way to show young people, that nobody is infallible and that even a teacher can be wrong. The pupils developed skills, which could be useful in life. There is also another advantage in this method: By letting his pupils fail, Mr. Whitson can be sure that they will not forget this lesson of scepticism. As a conclusion one can say, that this method is much better, more “interactive” than telling to the pupils: “You have to be critical in your life, do not trust anybody!”
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Above all, the “ideal” teacher should combine the two elemental skills of curiosity and a spontaneous teaching way. Curiosity is important, because even a teacher never finishes learning, he/she should be able to learn new things from his/her pupils. Furthermore, there are not many teachers who are ready to teach their courses in a spontaneous way, they just follow their programme, and they never deviate from it. But by deviating to topics which are interesting for both teacher and pupils, one can blow new life into the course, and that can make pupils forget that they are having an English lesson. If a teacher can combine these two skills, he is on the way to becoming an “ideal” teacher!
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